Trap



Jan. 3l, 1933. Q H` HOLLOWELL 1,895,714

' TRAP Filed Feb. V1o, 1952 5 sheets-$11891@ 1 a/Yallawell Jan. 31, `1933- o. H. HOLLOWELL TRAP l0 1932 5 Sheets-'Sheet Filed Feb.

Jan. 31, 1933. o. H. HoLLowELL TRAP Filed Feb. lO, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 g1 Vue/Wto@ /Zallawell abra/udo Patented Jan. 31, 1933 onrvnn HENRY., HonLowELL, or nUssELLvILLnfARKANsAs i maar i 1Amineam;i; 1114541"k Februaryy 1o, 1932. Serial 116.592,140. I

The device forming the ect Vmatter of this application is a trap, adapted to be made Y in any size, for takingv animals of'any kind, and the-finventionfaims to provide'novel means,actuated 'by they animalv after itA has enteredthe trap, for moving 'the doors of the trap to and from closed position. Another object of the Yinvention Vis' to provide novel means for keeping the trappedanimals ina cage, which may be taken of the body off the trap, to permit the animals to be drowned or killedotherwise. A further object 'of the" invention is to supply novelmean's for keepin count of the animals caught.

Y t is within the provincefofthe disclosure to improve generally* and toen'hance the utilityof devicesl ofvthat Vtype to `which the invention appertains. 1

With the above and ot erobjectsjin View, which will appear as the'description proceeds, the linvention resides -in the Acombination andrarrangement of parts and `in the details of. construction hereinafter described Y and claimed, it y being. understood that 2 changes in the precise embodiment of the linvention herein vdisclosed,`may be made with-4. in'thesoope of what isf'c'laimed, withoutde` y y y l doorways 1 9 and21,A giving access,v respec- Pa'tng f1'0111 the Spirit ofj the inventioln r In the accompanying drawingS:; -r f 3o' Fig. 1 'shows invertical longtudinalsecthe lnvention;

tion, a trap constructed in Vaccordance with l y y e f there are notched guides 22. The guides 22 Fig. 2 isa top plan, the cage having'been Fig.r8 isa transverse section; Y f

Fig. 4 is av fragmental bottom plan showing a portion of the cage.

' The trap vforming the subject.matter of" Vthis application comprises' a box-like -body 1,which is open at theftop, `saving insofar as 't' l Vdb th bottom'of the'removableV y l 1S c Ose y e and the'vdoor24controls the'doorways 19.

cage, to be described in detail hereinafter.

Thebody 1 of the trap comprises a bottom'4 y., 2, sides4, and zends 5. Longitudinally eX` 4 tensible telescopic leaders 8 are'hinged at-9`` to the ends of the body 1, and Vcomprise rigid plates, having sldabl'yengag'ed flanges 6 on Vtheir npperandlower edges.`-`=

' tively, to

By sliding the plates of' the leaders Sitoy' getherpas shown in Fig: 2, the4 leaders canbe shortened, so that their combined lengthy Y 1s less than the `length of the body j1,`a`ndf then thefleaders may beh'eld against'theA Vsides 4 by wing nuts 10 threaded on stud'slly y -carried by the sides 4, `.The leaders Smaybe -553 K.

elongated -and swung outwardly beyondthe` ends 5 of the body, in inwardly' converging V relation, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 2,'andv then the leaders will direct the animals itoi u A the doorways 18-20,19f21,f hereinafter 60"- alludedto.

Figs. 2 and 3 show that longitudirialparti;-` K

tio-ns 12 extend upwardlyvfrom thebottoni` y2 of the body 1 to the upperfpart oi' the body. Thefpartitions12"terminateshortfof 65; is

the ends 5 ofthe body, to form'slots1`4gwhich' areV clearly shown in.Fig's.2 and 1" of thej` drawings. vThe partitions 12xdene runways 15 and y16 at the opposite'sides'of the trap',ik

with a machinery compartment 17- disposed 4'fobetween the partitions, along the'longitudij `nalcenter'of'the trap'f Y 1 v In one of theends 5 of thebody 1,as shown in Fig.4 2,'there are d0orways181and20gfgiv-- ing access, respectively, tothe lrunway'1575lj and toth'erunway 16. vIn they lopposite endVl way 16,

' On the fouter extend across the slots` 14. "Doors 23 and 24 slide inthe slots 14, on fthe bottom 2"oi` the body 1,-and underneathfthe'guides Fig'. 85..l l y ing the doorways 20 and 21.` The 'door"\23 90;'.

of Fig.f2 controls the doorways 18 and 20,

and 21.

.ReferingtofF-ig; 3, itcanbe 'seen that, on Y the Vsidesf4 of the jbody 1, there are gui'desf'25,1'955l overhangng 'the Pref dges 'of the sides 4. i,

Underneath. these guides 2 5jisfslidablyf mounted the bottom 260i a cage-27, the bot-"f tom 26 Aconstituting aclosure for the top of the bex-like bodyi; The cages? has affixed the platform 74 being located in the runway 15. The platforms 72 and 74 are pivotally mounted, intermediate their ends, as shown at 73, on the body of the trap. The inner ends of the tiltable platforms 72 extend un derneath the transparent plates 34 that are indicated and shownin Fig. 3 of the drawings, the transparent plates, Vit will be recalled, being hinged to the bottom 26 of the cage 27 for vertical swinging movement.

Suppose that, as shown in Fig. 2, the doors 23 and 24 are in such a position as to close the doorways 18 and 19'of the runway 15, and to open the doorways 20 and 21 of the runway 16. Then an animalV (guided by the extended leaders 8, if desired) can enter the runway 16 either by the door 20 or bythe door 21. Attracted by the light shining downwardly through the transparent plate 34 which is above the runway 16, the animal moves toward the middle part of the runway, and, ultimately, reaches the inner end of the tiltable platform 72 of Fig. 2. The inner end of the platform 72 moves downwardly, under the weight-of the animal, and the outer end of the said platform moves upwardly. Vhen the outer end of the platform 7 2 moves upwardly, it engages the correspondingarm 71, and raises the outer end of the'second lever 65 which carries'the arm 71that is under discussion. The inner end of the lever 65 (the right hand lever 65 in Fig. 1) `moves downwardly, and this disengages the shoul.Y der 67 on the inner endof the saidV lever from the flattened lower end 68 of the crank 47 on `being stopped.

When the shaft 48 is rotated, as aforesaid, by the spring motor, the crank 47 on the shaft, cooperating with the U-shaped'extensions 45 of the levers 39, swings the levers 39 on their fulcra 40, the extensions 41 on they outer'ends ofthe levers 39V moving the doors 23 and 24 until they close the doorways 20 and 21, and open the doorways 18 and 19. `When `the doorways 18 and 19 are opened, the trap is rendered operative, so far as the runway 15 and the platform 74 are concerned, and since the doorways 20 and 21 of the runway 16 are closed, respectively, by thev doors v23 and 24, the animal is trapped in the runway 16.

The trapped animal, noting the light proceeding downwardly through Vthe transpar ent plate 34 which is individualfto the runp way 16, raises the said plate, on its hinged mounting 37--35, and passes into the'cage 27, the said transparent plate closing the corresponding opening 32, as soon as the animal is in the cage 27. l

,Y At any time, thecage 27 may besepara'tedf f from the.body.1-ofthe trap, because theb'ottom26. of the cageis slidably engaged Vbe-V neath t-he guides 254`on the trap body. The i cage 27 with the animals thereim may then be dOuSed in water, or handled-otherwise, toy bring aboutan extermination of the animals in thjecage, it being possible to remove the said4 animals from the cage, cage door 2,9v ofF ig.-1.

u Each time that-the portion of theuiexible element 6 1 is paid olf the reel 60 that is carried at 4the upperend ofthe shaft 48, and the weight 63of Fig.1 is raised accordingly, theweight vcooperating with the 'scale 64, to vindicatethereon the number of animals that have been taken.

. What is claimed is 1.- A trap comprising a the` sides of the body,the body havinga door-` way for each end of each runway, slidable doors of .such length as to close bothdoorthe innerv endsof ltheV first levers being engaged with the crank,` and the outer ends by opening the v Y cranlr47onthe shaft Y 48,v swings through` an arcof-180 degrees, ak j" ofthe first leversbeing pivotally engaged with the doors, second leversfulcrumed in `termediajte their. ends onthe body,tliel second levers having their inner ends disposed in the path of the crank, thereby to stop the motor.,v tiltable platforms in the runways, and means;

for connecting theplatforms with the' second i levers, to tiltlthe second levers, one yat a time,

and ldisengage them, alternately, frmathe"h crank. y `2. A trap comprising a-body,runways the sides of the body, thebody havingadoor:

Way lfor .each end of each?runway,` sl-idable Y doors `of such length as .toclose blothxdoorways of `one runway and leave 'bothfdoors of the otherv .runway open', means for segre-4 gating animals trapped in either runway, a

spring motor inthe bod`y,.;between the runways, and 'having 1a cranlniirst levers vfulcrumed intermediate their ends on the body, the inner `ends of lthe ,irstlevers `being engagedwith the crank, and the outer ends `of the first levers being pivotally engaged with the doors, movable means carried by the body anddisposed inthe path of the crank, thereby to stop the motor, tiltable platforms in the runways, and mechanism for connecting y the, platforms operatively with said movable 3. A trap comprising` a body, runways at fthe sides of the body, thebody having a doorway Vfor each end of each runway, slidable; Y doors of lsuch lengthV as to close both do'oreways of one runway and leave both doors of theother runwayropen', means for segre`Y gating lanimals trapped Yin, either runway, a

spring'motor in the body, means for con 5 meeting-the spring. motor operatively with either door, the spring' motor including a crank,- levers` fulcrumed intermediatevtheir ends on the bodyfjthe levers having theirin-` ner ends disposedin the path of the crank,

thereby to stop the motontiltable platforms inthe runways, and means forfconne'cting i the platforms with the levers,to tilt the'le-i vers, one at aj time, and disengagethem, alternately,from the crank. Y Y LA trap comprising a body, a runway in Ythebody, lthe body having a doorway for the runway, a slidable door. controlling the doorway, aspring motor yin the body, and hav- A, Y ing a crank, a lirst lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends on the body, the inner end of fthe irst'lever beingengaged with the crank, and the outer end of the lever being pivotally engaged withy the door, a second lever ful-- crumed intermediateits ends on the body, the

l, second lever having its inner endl disposed in the path of the Crank,'thereby to stop the Y motor, a tiltable platformrin'the runway, and

engage it from the crank.

means for connecting the platform with thev` y second lever, to tilt the second leverv and dis- 5. A trap comprisinga body having sides n and ends, the ends having doorways, means r Carried by the body for trapping animals entering the body through thedoorways, lead- 35 ers,and hinges uniting the leaders to the body I and located closely adjacent to the'ends oi the body, the leadersjbeing movable -on the f hinges intooutstanding converging relation to the ends, soas Vto direct animals vto the '40. doorways, the'leaders being vlongitudinally extensible and lcomprising Aslida'bly interen-vr gaged parts, whereby the leaders can be eX-y tended tomake along, guiding approach to the doorways, andlwhereby theleaders can 4.5 be reduced in length untilthe leaders'at each Y side of the body can be swung inwardly into v thesam'e plane and lie alongthe sides of the In testimony thatI claim the foregoing i l5G my own, I have hereto aiiixed my slgnature.

l Y .ovLrviiRV HENRY HoLLownLr. 

